I took a few photographs of some of the finished pet portraits and family portraits I worked on before Christmas this year. They were mounted in a snow white mount with backing board and posted. The portraits look so finished when mounted, the mount really does wonders for any drawing. I normally wrap the mounted…
Category: family portraits
Family portrait of two boys – final scan
This is the latest finished family portrait, which I have just scanned. I am also showing detailed view of each of the boys portrait. The drawing is on 12″ x 10″ Fabriano paper 200g, drawn with graphite pencils HB, 2B and 4B. I will mount it and post some photographs of that later on. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Final scan of a family portrait
This is a scan of the finished family portrait. It is quite large so I have shown individual portraits too, to show more detail here. It was drawn mostly with a HB graphite, adding a 4B for darkest areas. I have added a sanguine (sepia) tint into the drawing which is not as visible in…
Final scan of Grandmother portrait in graphite pencil
The Grandmother portrait is now finished. I have scanned it and I will add it to the gallery page very soon. It was hard work with all the detail especially of the skin and hair. I enjoyed every minute of it, wrinkles are so intricate and interesting. It changed the way I’m looking at age….
Finished Portrait – ‘Moment’
Just finished this one today. I was working on this portrait for the last few days. The work is based on the photograph from www.scx.hu by BWK. I loved the photo of this girl, she looks so present in the moment. And so I had to call the drawing ‘Moment’. I think it’s very appropriate….